![]() ![]() During his first term he was a loyal but quiet supporter of the New Deal, but in his second term, an appointment as head of a Senate committee to investigate war production brought out his special qualities of honesty, common sense, and hard work, and he won widespread respect.Įlected vice president in 1944, Truman became president upon Roosevelt's sudden death in April 1945 and was immediately faced with the problems of winding down the war against the Axis and preparing the nation for postwar adjustment. In 1934, he was elected to the Senate and was reelected in 1940. Under the sponsorship of Thomas Pendergast, Democratic boss of Missouri, he held a number of local offices, preserving his personal honesty in the midst of a notoriously corrupt political machine. ![]() After engaging briefly and unsuccessfully in the haberdashery business in Kansas City, Mo., Truman entered local politics. During World War I, he served in France as a captain with the 129th Field Artillery. Truman was born on a farm near Lamar, Mo., on May 8, 1884. ![]()
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